Quotes About Entertainment

I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term.

The quality of TV drama nowadays is getting better and better. They've had to invent a new term for it: 'high-end television.'

I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldn't dignify it with the term band - get together and play.

I've done some sitcoms here and there, but nothing long term.

Most theatre is still really bad. It has to appeal to people who do jobs and have lives. Theatre about theatre is the most awful, terminal nonsense.

I have an older brother and sister, and I'm definitely ahead of my years in terms of sci-fi and films. My brother is a massive sci-fi fan, and the Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver era... I was involved and interested.

I'm never going to say, 'Well, I'm never going to do comedy again.' I love comedies, and it's what people know me for, so I love doing it... I don't really think about it in terms of 'Well, I should do this because it's comedy or drama.'

Not Going Out's jokes were based on the American mentality in terms of how often the jokes appear.

The thing about action films is that they are high on drama in terms of action sequences, have songs and other things, but content is secondary.

With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.

We live in a time where there's a required instant gratification from audiences. That's a fun challenge in terms of putting together this teaser, picking and choosing how much you're actually giving away.

Glee' is a great show in terms of tackling social issues.

The action-movie genre is a very difficult one to get satiated in terms of your acting bits.

In terms of script, Bollywood should learn from South Indian scripts. Not talking about the fights and action, I am talking about the drama bit.

It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.

I've never seen a good tennis movie. They all were terrible.

It's not that there is a terrible morality in Hollywood. I think there isn't any. There isn't any, by and large.

There's some terrible food on 'Come Dine With Me' and that creates some great moments.

The thing for me is - and one of the reasons I was never a fan of Goldberg in the beginning when everybody was like 'Oh, he's so good! - I was like, 'No, he's terrible, he's hurting people,' and there's nothing else. He just has three-minute matches.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

He asked me whether I had seen the movie 'The Color Purple.' I said no she hadn't. And Bobby said, 'Well, it's a terrible picture. They don't make good, decent, moral pictures nowadays.'

I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.

In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.

I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest.